on that stage it wasn't bloomberg himself it was a d. and c. they did that what does that say about the d.n.c. in your mind go ahead. the d.n.c. definitely deserves criticism for this and if you look at candid. it's like you know senator booker and center harris and you know castro the problem that the d.n.c. has is that it seems pretty clear that they change the rules to been if it might bloomberg and he didn't do well last night which will be a problem i think moving forward what democrats are going to have to contend with is similar to what they're going to have to contend with in 2016 the movement the momentum the energy behind bernie sanders bloomberg unfortunately for democrats it's not that candidate i can't imagine anyone who looked at bloomberg performance last night and said that they felt inspired and if you can imagine bloomberg being on stage with donald trump arguing that i'm a better billionaire then you know you think it's the most you're going to be able to thing that happens you could sell tickets because that will be a

bloomberg accused a bloomberg executive at the time of rape. a very serious allegation.o the village voice which looked at michael bloomberg's deposition as a part of that lawsuit, michael bloomberg said that he would only believe a rape allegation if there is an unimpeachable third party witness. this is what a spokesperson said about that, said it was a contentious deposition, and this is not what mike believes. >> m.j., you also had a chance to speak to a former bloomberg employee about these lawsuits and the culture at the company, obviously it's one person. what did they tell you? >> this person said they saw and experienced the kinds of sexism that are described in these two lawsuits that we just talked about, they said when you're a woman who worked at bloomberg, you had to look beautiful. you had to be gorgeous. if you were overweight they would call you horrible names. the bloomberg's campaign overall push back has been to say that michael bloomberg himself does not condone this kind of behavior. they gave us a statement from patty harris. in any large organizat

bloomberg: i'm shameless. how we doing? [applause] mr. bloomberg: this is some crowd. i don't know if you came out here for the craft -- campaign over the beer. [applause] mr. bloomberg: to be clear, i'm here for both. it may be the only way to save a nation, with a little libation. [laughter] mr. bloomberg: seriously, our campaign is building momentum across virginia and the country . super tuesday is coming up and we are going to make every second count. [applause] mr. bloomberg: and i want to thank charisse for supporting our campaign and all the kind words when she introduced me. the good news, she said them exactly the way i wrote them for her. [laughter] mr. bloomberg: seriously, thank you for your leadership in the house of delegates. you and your colleagues are showing the country what is possible when democrats are in charge. [applause] mr. bloomberg: now, some of you might remember virginia was the same state i came to when i launched my campaign a couple of months ago and since then, i 've been to 62 cities and 25 states. but i've been to virginia more than

bloomberg: ok, we will get over it. [booing] [crowd chanting] mr. bloomberg: thank you, thank you. the easiest thing to do is just to wait them out. anyways, we flipped 21 seats in the house and that put nancy pelosi in as speaker, and began -- and it allowed us to begin holding president trump accountable through the impeachment process, but since the republican senate didn't have the courage to remove trump from office, it is up to us to do it this november and we are going to do it. [cheers and applause] mr. bloomberg: i got into this race 10 weeks ago because i was deeply concerned donald trump was on track to win the election and i couldn't sit by and let that happen. our campaign is getting great response all over america. we are running a campaign for change, a campaign for sanity on a campaign for honesty, inclusion, compassion, and a campaign for human decency, and we are running hard here in virginia because, make no mistake, virginia is still very much up for grabs in 2020, and we are not waiting until the general election to organize here. we've already knocked on more

bloomberg's name.or more, we go to washington, d.c., where we are joined by yasmine taeb, one of the authors of the report. she says they were told to make major changes to the chapter or remove it. other officials told "the new york times" to revise the report to make a focus on right-wing groups targeting muslims. when the report came out, bloomberg had already given the center for american progress three grants worth nearly $1.5 million gain contributed 400,000 more dollars in 2017. yasmine taeb no longer works at the center for american progress, but she is now a member of the democratic national committee. and still with us in philadelphia, journalist blake zeff, who covers new york politics in bloomberg's three terms. thank you both for joining us. yasmine taeb, tell us what took place when you work for the center for american progress. tell us about this report. know,as you likely fearing 2.0, which was released today andve years ago i was on your show five y years ago talking about the findings

bloomberg did not endorse obama, and obama did not endorse bloomberg bloomberg waited till the very last's reelection over mitt romney. bloomberg was pretty critical of obama's policies, his leadership style. he was initially supportive of obamacare and later came out against it. said dodd-frank was not good for wall street and therefore not good for america. he was critical when the justice department cracked down on stop and frisk and even on signature accomplishments on the second term, the iran nuclear deal, he opposed that and paris climate accords, right after donald trump pulled out of those in 2017 after getting elected, bloomberg said he wasn't too concerned because he said the previous administration did hardly anything on climate change, it was all downstream actors like local governments and private citizens who had the real impact. bloomberg is wanting to you believe he and barack obama were best friends and worked together in partnerships and that's true in some issues but on some issues bloomberg was very critical. every candidate is trying to tie themselves to the former

bloomberg: let me be clear.y fellow democrats are all good people and if one of them wins, god forbid, i will support her or him because this election is too important to have divided -- to have our party divided like we saw in 2016. but i offer a different choice and a different kind of leadership. i did not spend my whole career in politics and i don't just go out and make speeches. i build teams and nurture good ideas and i hold myself accountable for results. like i said, i am the untump. that is how i run my business and that is how i ran new york city. if you think about it, i was elected seven weeks after the devastating terrorist attacks of 9/11. our economy was in tatters. there was smoke still coming out of a big hole in the ground. our economy was in recession. i brought people together and we created nearly 5000 new jobs, affordable housing, reduced street homelessness by 28%, launched a new program to fight poverty, and we built new york city stronger than ever. we can do that across this country. a

bloomberg i'm joined by my guest in washington he's a g.o.p. strategist in seattle we have zach holler he's an author and media analyst and in los angeles we cross to kim iverson she is host of the kim iverson show or a cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it it's a toss up now i always go to the person that got up earlier but we early as but we have washington and in los angeles i'm going to defer to los angeles cam what what are the prospects of this kennedy see moving forward for michael bloomberg after his 1st appearance on the debate stage go ahead kim. now i want to have. this guy as well charisma you can just buy you can't just buy burgers the way that bloomberg thought that he could the way that all of us were ruling that he would do at the end of the day if you got up on that stage and he had no charisma he looked staff he looked awkward he looked like that strange cartoon about a billionaire that we see he was like a cartoon of him even billionaire and i think we all just saw t

michael bloomberg is here. understands a strong growing economy begins with a strong middle class. >> joe's candid honest counsel made me a better president in chief. and the best part, he's nowhere close to finished. >> in south carolina, a voter who switched frommed byton sanders, says, walla, barack obama, who is neutral. >> you really would not know. i have been talking to the other campaigns. this is a source of anxiety. voters are coming away from the television screens believing obama has weighed in on this race when he has not. there's nothing you can do about it. the ads are everywhere. the debate stage, i'm sure someone will bring this up tonight. that will not do the trick. especially for joe biden, a real problem for him. >> someone will criticize obama for endorsing them all. >> make a decision. >> just to show you how much his good will is within the democratic party but no way we can return to the obama way of doing this. >> i saw him at the all-star game in a panel discussion, i saw him briefly

bloomberg said he's the mayor of a town, let's not get carried away. >>> and yesterday, mike bloombergideo claiming how he believes that sclus sifft exclusivity. >> if your conversation about a presidential election is about some guy wearing a dress and whether he, she or it can go to the locker room with their daughter. that's not a winning formula for most people. they care about health care, they care about education and safety and all of those kinds of things. >> who bloomberg was not a candidate for president at the time, he announced his campaign eight months after the remarks. and a statement in part, mike understands that the transgender community has been under attack for decades and the advance of rights has not been equal. as president, he has a comprehensive plan to secure rights for transgender americans including passing the equality act ensuring transgender people have access to health care and working to end crisis of violence against transgender women. mike is running to defeat donald trump. >> joining us now reporter for "the washington post," eugene scott. eugene, wh

bloomberg.t is sunday, february 16. 2020 politics are our starting point. specifically your reaction to the bloomberg candidacy. he is bypassing the caucuses and primaries. his eye is on super tuesday. our phone lines are open, (202) 748-8001 is the line for republicans, (202) 748-8000 if you are a democrat and (202) 748-8002 if you are an independent. we are also taking her text messages, that phone number is (202) 748-8003. be sure to tell us where you are texting from and your good name. good sunday morning. we begin with presidential politics. we are in the february season of caucuses and primaries. all eyes are on the nevada caucuses a week from saturday. virginia is a key state for bloomberg's super tuesday strategy. if there is a state or democrat michael bloomberg could expect a return on investment, it is virginia. by investing millions, bloomberg helped democrats take back the statehouse last fall with full control of government in virginia, democrats have started pushing through legis

bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> welcome back. we are joined here in the studio with our political analysis larry gerston. welcome, happy sunday. and it is time for our weekly chat with chuck todd moderator of meet the res. happy sunday to you. thanks for joining us. we saw you last week in iowa. >> thank you. >> and then back to d.c. now you're in new hampshire. and you have it all covered for us. coming off the heels of a rocky iowa caucus to say the least, all eyeses -- eyes on the new hampshire prime and you're on the ground there, what are you watching for? >> reporter: much to see if we saw in iowa which is a separation from the pack a little bit between the leading progressive and leading moderate in buttigieg and sanders and then there was a bit of a gap and then everybody else. is it still the case or does this week re-set the race and it is still a muddle again. you look at buttigieg, he clearly got a bounce out of iowa but if you believe the latest tracks in the last 24 hours, he started to plateau and

did it help her or hurt bloomberg? my argument is this hurt bloomberg.izabeth warren as much as she needs to be helped right now. ainsley: he just didn't defend himself. let's watch the next one when mayor bloomberg he comments about capitalism vs. socialism. watch this. >> i can't think of a ways that would make it easier for donald trump to get reelected than listening to this conversation. [laughter] it's ridiculous. [cheers] >> we're not going to degree out capitalism. we tried that. other countries tried that it was called communism and it just didn't work. ainsley: whoa, lee? >> flat line. republicans gave him the best mark of the night when he said that but he is not wrong. i mean, the winner of the night last night was donald trump. i mean, people are going to watch that and think this is a mess. ainsley: piggy back on that soundbite the president was in phoenix and he was slamming the democrats for being socialists now. watch this. >> washington democrats have never been more extreme. taking cues from crazy bernie sanders while the socialist dem

bloomberg.li vitale with elizabeth warren. shaq is all things bernie sanders and mike memoli with joe biden. shaq, is bernie sanders seeing an opportunity tonight with bloomberg on stage that he is going to have a shield in michael bloomberg? >> almost like they see that they see that campaign. i was speaking with his campaign manager yesterday and made the point that bloomberg is a natural foyle. it was pete buttigieg and before that to target but senator sanders with a billionaire there from front of him willing to more naturally willing to put the attack on and hearing a sense of that on the campaign trail over the past week. gone after mayor bloomberg aggressively on stop and frisk, the impact on african-americans and latinos, the opposition to a minimum wage, a key part of sanders' campaign in 2016 and the openness to cutting social security and medicare and not only go after bloomberg spending in the race but specific policy issues. >> mike, joeb biden campaign pu out best of bloomberg if

they like biden, they don't like bloomberg. >> he loves it, the contrast between him and bloomberg. >very quickly, do you think they'll go after bloomberg -- >> no. >> does he have an endorsement from anybody he hasn't given money to? >> i can't speak to his endorsement, but he's going to have to defend his record as much as anyone else in the race. i think there's been plenty of criticism over the last couple days and weeks, and i suspect you'll see a fair amount of that. i think tomorrow is a big day for him to show he can throw a punch too. >> we're going to find out. john ralston, you guys are going to stick around. >>> two former 2020 candidates are endorsing two current 2020 candidates, we'll talk to bill de blasio and julian castro. ougg ougg my moderate to severe crohn's disease. until i realized something was missing... me. you ok, sis? my symptoms were keeping me from really being there for my sisters. (announcement) "final boarding for flight 2007 to chicago" so i talked to my doctor and learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying ot

what is true according to a business insider investigation, both the company that bloomberg founded bloomberg lp and bloomberg have faced nearly 40 employment lawsuits from 65 plaintiffs since 1996. the majority of those alleged discrimination over race, gender and disability status and wage discrepancy and none of that is acceptable, but we will have more on the actual allegations sanders' aide accused him of doing. she said 64 sexual assault al dwagss gaial -- allegations and there were not. so either a campaign pushes out and tolerates the smears or it does not. we know where president trump and the team stand on these issues. they lie and smear, but is this now what we are supposed to expect from everyone? as ryan nobles reports, they are calling this episode trumpian and sets the stage for the heated debate tonight. >> bernie sanders is facing new questions over his health. >> very good, thank you. >> reporter: after suffering a heart attack last fall, sanders pledged to release the medical records before the primary and in december, he released three letters of doctors who treated him w

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the bloomberg team fired back with a video of biden saying nice things about bloomberg. biden was stopping by in the last half hour a culinary worker protest where he was asked about the bloomberg ads tying himself to obama, he called it disingenuous. i think that's one of the big things. can he follow through on this predebate with the blows on stage. but he wants to take i'm at bernie sanders as well. the concern is that these moderates are splitting up the vote and leading him to amass a delegate lead that no one else will be able to top. >> it is interesting because everybody has been talking about michael bloomberg, but the man leading the polls right now is bernie sanders. is that campaign expecting to take some attacks from the other candidates? or are they expecting to be able to breeze through this debate as everybody will be focused on michael bloomberg, shaquille? >> i think they're definitely expecting to have some attacks, and something the campaign continues to point out to me is that senator sanders has been at the center of attacks throughout this whole e

what, i'm supposed to give bloomberg a pass?w. >> i'd like to know who you are going to vote for. who are you voting for? >> who i vote for it is not of your business, but i'm not voting for trump and i am sure as hell not voting for bloomberg. >> so you're not going to vote. >> you're not voting for trump and you're not voting for a democrat. >> you guys have done a poor job of convincingvovo me -- >> sean: we'll be right back, i agree with whoopi. we we will be right back. i've got a headache. joining us, lisa boothe, 2020 senior advisor, mercedes schlapp. >> i think we all had a headache now. >> sean: it is like that every day. >> of course it is. in meghan's defense, has the democratic party given anybody a reason to vote for democrats right now. if you're looking specifically at mike bloomberg, i mean, what's his message? what is he running on?ty >> sean: broad, sweeping generalizations about minorities and farmers need more gray matter and it's easy to be a farmer, i could teach you to be a farmer in seconds. >> so here's

michael bloomberg confessed. pa rt sure. michael bloomberg confessed.d, further said, he has said that and, further said, he has learned from that. and learning from that, he has made so many great proposals on african—american empowerment. he has created 100,000 new business opportunities in the united states, and affordable housing programme for african today, he is announcing his total criminal justice reform package that hits on every point that african americans in this country have been talking about for decades. the thing about michael bloomberg is that, as a mayo, what you promise and when you make a policy proposal, you do it. michael bloomberg has a record of doing things that he has committed to do. on capitol hill, he will perform them. when he was back or do you make mistakes and he apologised and learned from it i need to do more to explain to african—americans the us, hey, he was wrong. in doing so, move on and i do not think that isa so, move on and i do not think that is a candidate for office and the democratic party or party that has

>> it was very effective against bloomberg.gree with the other panelists, very effective against bloomberg. don't know how much it will help her in the campaign totally because she is competing, bernie sanders is the leader and you have biden and buttigieg but the strategy considering where the party is right now the best strategy was to go ahead and knock out or try and knock out the billionaire who has been rising in the polls and particularly when you are at this particular point of the campaign where the base is so against billionaires with bernie making billionaires out to be the most evil people in the world, she was very effective in that regard and served her purpose. >> why do you think she did not go after sanders? we brought this up earlier? do you think she is gunning for some sort of spot in his administration should he win? >> i think her and sanders are so close on a lot of the policies that it is difficult to go after sanders without hurting herself or becoming so much of a hypocrite because they are so close an

get bloomberg.he finally had the kind of billionaire right out of kind of the textbook of elizabeth warren's mission in life. right next to her. and she went after him over and over and over again. exposed his weakness. and took the theoretical bloomberg that a lot of us have been hearing about from older black voters, black women who said i can consider him and made him real. my daughter who is 24 who was a bernie sanders supporter in 2016 who is now a warren supporter texted me. what elizabeth warren needs to break away from bernie sanders is a meme. she needed a meme. she got a meme tonight. people were distributing ether, for people who like hip hop, she laid out michael bloomberg. that will be a meme, and for people who haven't been paying that much attention to her, they're going to pay attention to her after tonight. >> professor, in what world, bernie sanders had a heart attack in october. he talked about it for him rather forthrightly tonight. is it because of the era we're in, because of t

bloomberg?rst, let me say with respect to the polls you were just talking about i think as we all know the national polls are no some ways a lagging indicator of what's going on closer to the ground as we go through these primaries. the national polls will have and will move in response to those. secondly, you mentioned california. california is going to be very much, i think, bernie sanders country. that is a very liberal state and he is well positioned there. in terms of mike, look, this is his first debate since he was mayor, he is a smart guy, he has been working hard to prepare, he is up against four or five people who have been doing this now for a year or more and have a lot of experience on this stage. i think the ad that you showed earlier this week of mike going after bernie sanders, so to speak, will -- could well be one of the themes of tonight. i think mike is idealogically about as far from bernie sanders as any two democrats could be from each other and i think he has deep questio

bloomberg is running on anything. because he doesn'tan have ideas, he's got plenty of ideas and some of them are far outside the american mainstream but bloomberg doesn't think any of that matters. he's not running on ideas, he's not trying to convince voters of anything. he's not making arguments are working to change their minds on policies they care about. he's trying to buy them and hence the presidency. if the single most cynical political campaign ever run of this country. bloomberg is trying to subvert our sonography with cash and he's going all and to do it. bloomberg has spent more than $417 million on advertising so far in this race. his nearest rival, bernie sanders, has spent 40 million, that's less than a tenth. joe biden, the men they told us was themi front runner, has spet just 12.3 million. compare that, let's say it again, to the at least 417 million bloomberg has pumped into the race, just onus advertising. and that's just the beginning. they say bloomberg is willing to spend $2 billion of his own m

when it comes to michael bloomberg -- >> that's true -- >> if you think about bloomberg units, bloomberg not only understand the international global economic system, for better or worse, depending on what side you're on and this may actually work against him if he gets to a general campaign. i mean his units -- ed luce -- >> ed his here for the "financil times." >> in a strange way, bloomberg and his data and what he sold to traders across the world helped shape and define the modern financial age, much in the same way -- i don't think i'm overstating this -- henry ford helped to define the early industrial age. >> that's absolutely right. the bloomberg terminal is as mandatory on most financial trader desks, you know, $20,000 or so a month today as it was 20 years ago. he invented the business and he continues to dominate it. in terms of his -- you're absolutely right, unparalleled experience of and sophisticated grasp of the global economy, that's mostly a plus, but his fondness for china and for china's political system in general is an achilles heel and that's probably going to show

bloomberg had his moment. it was not tonight. he could still have it, but he is not the guy in those campaign ads as far as the people who are at that stage. >> mike: i surprised he didn't have a better answer on the nda's? >> yeah, i heard he was a very practiced at practicing with debates prep and all kinds of practices. i would think that would be one of the oppo moments he would push back on. you know, there were some good moments where he pushed back on the party and going down a road of socialism, but overall, i think this was a pretty bad night for mike bloomberg. >> mike: bret, thanks so much. the president making his case in arizona to voters tonight in a keep america great rally. white house correspondent kevin corke joins us now from phoenix. good evening, kevin. >> evening, mike. as expected, the presence at the majority of the time tonight talking about his compliments, but he also used his remarks to target the policies espoused by some of the leading democratic presidential candidates, most notably among them, demo

work for bloomberg, i work for bloomberg. surprised if a fourth of the audience worked for bloomberg. it was hard to find people who were not on bloomberg payroll to talk to. the mood was open-minded but a little doubtful. >> laura: is that a bloomberg pain you have on i'm noticing on your lapel? what is that all about? is that how you got in there? >> i don't think i can keep it on much longer because i came here right from the event, but as i walked in they slapped it on may come everyone has to wear one of these to get them here the price of admission. i don't think it's good for my career to keep it on too long. >> laura: one more troubling interaction tonight was about black unemployment numbers. i want to play that, watch. >> i don't believe those numbers are reflective of what is actually happening. >> laura: how does the president combat that disinformation? the economy has never been better for black america, and yet, there are people in that audience saying i don't believe those numbers. >> i think it is sheer cogni

. >> i'm backing mike bloomberg, he understands people, he proved that as mayor of new york and bloombergump. howie: i spoke to long-time network star from albuquerque. >> howard, good to be with you. howie: good to see you again, sam, you're retired in new mexico, you are taking heat from former colleagues as you know for endorseing mike bloomberg, because you covered the white house so well, it's a misuse of your considerable journalistic credibility and reputation, your response? >> well, the idea after i retire who knows me, you have to be about 620 years of age to have seen me that somehow i have this magnitude from great career, yes, if he's for bloomberg i'm for bloomberg, i think that's silly, by the way, if he's for bloomberg, the people who are now working reporters are being sullied by what he has done, that's nonsense, howard. howie: would this make some people who follow your career and they don't have to be that old, aha, we knew sam was a liberal and was shouting those questions at ronald reagan at the helicopter? >> for years i've considered myself a liberal as far as soci

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bloomberg. what is he fighting against? what's his best sort of line of attack as you see it? is it to unsettle him making him look like someone who couldn't stand up to trump? >> i think bloomberg just being on that debate stage after the rule change, just his very presence, his whole persona, it's a perfect foil for sanders. who has talked for years about the billionaire class buying our politic politics warping our political system to their interests with their money. and that's what bloomberg has done. >> i'm curious what you think about this, i was with bernie sanders for four months at the end of his run in 2016, it's the same argument he made there, it kept his base with him, it didn't seem to resonate beyond the base, in fact if you talk to trump voters, one of the things they liked about him, was that he was successful, so i guess the question is and we just heard that sound from bernie sanders. he keeps going after that, but in the way that trump does a lot of things that keeps his bas

bloomberg, what the heck is bloomberg standing for except china at this point? >> the same people that elected donald trump, people are sick and tired of career politicians. sick and tired of people who just say all the way things and can't do anything. that is why bernie has busted through. for decades, bernie has been principled. he's been principle to a plurality, not a majority. in the majority come he is a wacky socialist. but inside the democratic party, the growth of liberalism and socialism is becoming a majority inside the party and that is why bernie can win this thing. as from bloomberg, not only did he fail to defend last night, he failed to make the case why he had any positive ideas about being an alternative. it's not that his record needs to be talked about, it's who is eat and what are his ideas because mike is a moderate? that is the case he has to make and he flopped. if you say he is not wounded i'm glad you're not my doctor. >> it's one debate and it is a snapshot so i don't have to be your doctor but here's the deal, bernie sanders, the dem

michael bloomberg is the owner of bloomberg lp, the parent company of bloomberg news.panics may have spurred on what became known as black monday. he presided over the final phase goode insider trading david rutter was 90. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am laura wright. this is bloomberg. matt: thanks very much. laura with your first word news. some legendary names. hero area finance ministers are gathering in brussels to take stock of the latest economic forecast. joining us with more from the ground is bloomberg's maria tadeo. tell us what is going on. maria: we are still waiting for finance ministers to arrive. they are late. we have not heard from anyone at this point. they are going to be talking about the coronavirus, what type of impact will that have on the european economy. this is another headwind for the your area. we are seeing the german economy flirting with a recession. we are seeing weakness in italy. not good news for the euro area. conce

bloomberg once defended it. >> when i discovered we were doing too many stop and frisks we cut 95% of it out. >> stop and frisk was a policy he inherited but it grew sixfold and fell to just 12,500. the court order compelled an end to stop and frisk the way new york was doing it. but the decline started before. the decline was from his own administration's high basically flat from when he entered office. but new york city murders fell from 582 to 335 in 2013, his last year in office. so 43% decline. for what it's worth, the judge says she doesn't think bloomberg is racist. socialism also on the docket with bloomberg saying this. >> we're not going to throw up capitalism. we tried that. other countries tried that. it was called communism and just didn't work. >> bernie responded. >> let's talk about democratic socialism. not communism, mr. bloomberg. that's a cheap shot. let's talk about what goes on in countries like denmark. they have a much higher quality of life in many respects than we do. >> obviously, demo

mayor bloomberg: i want to participate in the debates.ave a voice that i would like to participate in the debates. but the rules are the rules and it is up to the democratic party to set those roles. and they want to change them and change them so i can get into the debate i will be happy. what i'm knocking to do is change my policies. i do not take money from anybody else. with my wealth it is obscene to ask something else to support my campaign. more and partly, i want to make sure everybody understands that a bloomberg administration as a model of integrity. it was for 12 years when i was the mayor. i do not take any money in those three elections from anybody, not even one dollar paired and i'm not going to do it this time, not even a dollar. . >> mayor bowser, what would you say to the voters who say support for stop and frisk is disqualifying? >> i would say i've had that conversation with mike and i understand the regret he has expressed. i also understand being a mayor of a big city and wanting to make sure your city is safe. i ap

everyone who works for bloomberg works for bloomberg. so there's no one that can be like, hey, mike -- >> you suck. >> yeah, that was terrible. you have to do it again. we're going to videotape you and show it to you. he a did that happen with you? >> yes, that happened with me. and you don't let the person leave the room. and the people who were working with me worked for me, too, but they knew that i was coachable. like, if they were like, hey, yang, that was not great. here, we'll show it to you. let's, like, do it again. then i'd be like, all right, let's do it again. there were times i did not want to be there at all. but like in mike's case, if he didn't want to be there, he's not going to be there. you know what i mean? there's no one on his team who can be like, that was terrible. this is going to potentially damage your campaign to a very, very high degree. i know this is the case because i saw him on stage. like, if you get the obvious question and you don't pivot to this memorized script that your team has hammered into you, y

bloomberg is the founder and majority older of bloomberg lp, the owner of bloomberg news.ctory in germany hitting a legal roadblock. the court says clearing of forest must stop immediately. environmental activists had filed a challenge. by the middle of next year, tesla hopes to have the factory running. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. let's stay with tesla and brought them out to electric vehicle. joining us is new streets technology infrastructure analyst. he has a neutral rating on tesla. when you take a look at tesla's dominance in the market in the u.s. as well as elsewhere, how long does that stay? pierre: that is a very good question. if you look at the last seven improved thehas efficiency by 40%. that is what you find in the car when you drive it. to cars first model s being produced today, you have a 40% improvement. it took tesla six years to do that. i think in the next three to five years tesla will deliver a

on bloomberg. still ahead -- at 9:00 p.m. on bloomberg.ent crude still climbing on china stimulus hopes. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. this is "bloomberg markets." let's turn our attention to what is happening inside arabia. saudicrude -- inside arabia. brent crude is climbing for the fourth day in a row. this as opec discussed the situation as pressure resins to been production cuts from opec+. let's get the latest a story out of riyadh. and marie horton is there. -- annmarie hordern is there. let's talk about how worried what is opec+ is about happening with the coronavirus. annmarie: good afternoon. i think there is a big distinction there on what opec and saudi think versus what the wider groupthink. that's mostly because of the divergence we are seeing from saudi arabia and russia. riyadh has been pushing for more urgent action. we even saw them wanting to push up this march meeting to february, and a technical committee saying they think 6000 barre

michael bloomberg is here. to why don't you and they said no but he's here so almost immediately started working from one coast to the other to improve our schools both. maire bloomberg and myself inherited schools that were failing for 50 years in my case one out of 3 schools are failing schools were in too much better than that we work together to improve those schools dramatically our graduation rate went up by more than 40 'd percent in new york and in l.a. and he raised teachers' salaries by 40 percent work and there's against gun violence you know crime big issue even though new york has a save big city and the safest big city it was still an issue and as it was here in l.a. and the 2 of us worked to reduce gun violence we started an organization called mayors against gun violence worked on climate change and a whole other slew of issues what was he like to work with. you know. he's a character he's a guy who. not a guy have a lot of words if you will but he puts his money where his mouth is or does he le

it pull bloomberg to work. i'll make him work. michael bloomberg, donald trump.ld be president? donald trump? >> i don't know. am i scaring you? who do you think would be a better construction work. donald trump pore michael bloomberg. >> donald trump. donald trump all the way. judge jeanine: do you like bloomberg? >> no. judge jeanine: he was the mayor of your city for three terms. did you watch the debate? >> i watched it, they should have closed it down right away. i don't understand what's going on with these democrats. judge jeanine: who would make a better construction work, donald trump or michael bloomberg. judge jeanine: did you like the way elizabeth warren beat down michael bloomberg? >> yes, i did. did you see the tears in his eyes? order up. fries on the side. right where i like 'em. don't forget the grease fire. burn, baby -- wait, what? -[ alarm beeping ] -i said grease fire. what are you doing on the counter? when owning a small business gets real... sorry. can i get a to-go box? ...progressive helps protect what you built -with customizable cover

this is bloomberg. david? talk nevadag up, we politics and a newly expanded debate with our panel. this is balance of power on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. michael bloomberg, the majority owner of our company, will be on the debate stage in las vegas at head this weekends nevada caucus to take us through the shifting clinical seen, we welcome basil's michael and from washington, greg swenson, a spokesman for republicans overseas u.k.. i will start with you, basil. lpe bloomberg owns bloomberg , you also did work for him on campaign. what will having him on that stage do? basil: it gives folks like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren to sharpen their progressive credentials. you will see biden on the attack. warren and sanders will be trying to pull everybody to the left. the truth is for pete buttigieg and joe biden, they will be fighting bloomberg for the center. there a lot of folks who seeing biden suffering in the polls are gi

michael bloomberg is the parent , thener of bloomberg lp parent company of bloomberg news.s a day, on air and @quicktake on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. tom: it is good to speak with james hurtling with bloomberg news, based out of paris and london and has a grizzled american view. this will be extraordinary, strip ins artes at the las vegas, it will be extraordinary to see. what will you watch for tonight? tom, astom -- james: you know it is typical debate strategy that everybody piles on the front runner to try and drag him or her back to the pack. tonight, you will have an interesting chemistry because bernie sanders is obviously pulling away from the pack and you have a new entrant on the debate stage who has been untested in the arena with other candidates on stage. obviously i am speaking about michael bloomberg. it will be interesting to see who the crowd goes after. tom: that is interesting. the crowd response will be fantastic and i thinks the -- i think the ratings

how do you surmise bloomberg is previousing? what do you suspect we'll see from him tonight on that stage? >> well, you know, he's not a great speaker and not a great debater. he has plenty in his arsenal if he says i'm not a great speaker but i get things done. that's probably how he's going to have to work through what will be a terrible night for him. he's got a target on his back. he spent more than two months telling people how wonderful he is and how terrible donald trump is and so now it's time to answer for all the things he's done in the past that aren't particularly great. >> he's going to be catching a lot of incoming. and it looks like elizabeth warren will be one of the folks that's really giving it to him tonight. she's already called him an ego mania billionaire. what do you suss sppect we'll s from the senator warren today snd. >> we talk about michael bloomberg because he's new into this race. he's surging to be clear they're even in the polls and in the polling i saw today, this poll from nbc news, wall street

bloomberg: then again, neither can donald.ven though donald and i are both from new york, we couldn't be more different. i bill myself as the un-trump. think about it. he breaks promises, i keep them. he divides people, i unite them. he's a climate denier. i'm an engineer. i actually believe in science. imagine that. he tweets, i follow facts, respect data, and tell the truth. he looks out for people who inherited their wealth and i'm self-made. i will raise the estate tax to toerate the revenue we need start fighting income inequality. [cheers and applause] mr. bloomberg: he is stubborn, i may later who can be honest about my mistakes and i believe when you make a mistake, you must learn from it and next time, do it right. when i first took office in new york city, families in new york city were losing their children to gun violence at alarming rates. my focus was clear. i wanted to save lives and respond with urgency to the crisis plaguing our communities. while many of the ways we tried to reduce gun violence and invest in